I made a virtualbox vm with 128 M RAM. I could boot into the live system from your CD. Cool! Is there a way to install it on the virtual hard drive? Or is that not ready yet?
Let me know. I have lots of machines waiting for this distro once it is ready, so I'll have a lot to test it on. Thanks! jeff elkner On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Julien Lavergne <gi...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I just created an ISO of Lubuntu Lucid for testing purpose. But before > starting to download it, please read the following "release notes" : > > * Using lxdm instead of gdm > This ISO uses a not-yet-in-the-official-repository version of lxdm, the > display manager of LXDE instead of gdm. I would like to test the state > of it and if it's possible to include it in Lubuntu. > > * Using network-manager instead of wicd > This is a temporarily solution, my first tests reported that wicd > doesn't work on Live-CD. > > * Doesn't have utilities (manage users, network etc ...) > It's a bug in gnome-system-tools (see bug 497441 [1]) which bring all > GNOME packages as depends. It was temporarily removed from the seed. > > * Doesn't have an installation icon > See previous point, it's the same problem. > > * Can't use synaptic, or any applications using gksu > It's a problem in lxdm, not creating an .Xauthority file. To workaround > it, you can do in a terminal "startx", which should crash but create the > necessary file. It's something to fix before trying to include lxdm. > > * No customization, looks like a Ubuntu CD > Yes, I know. Artwork welcome :) > > So, as everyone is warned, there is the link : > ISO : http://people.ubuntu.com/~gilir/lubuntu-lucid-20091220.iso > md5sum : 7fb4b82a7faadb209e2ae4ca831283e5 > > Last note, this ISO was created "by-hand" (mean by using > chroot/mksquashfs/mkisofs), because building with official architecture > is currently blocked (space problem on the server). > > Happy testing :) > > Regards, > Julien Lavergne > > [1] : > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-tools/+bug/497441 > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp